Drove to Las Vegas on January 5th 2008. Arrived late that night. Played some black jack and found a place to sleep (Terrible's Casino). Sunday morning I went to the Las Vegas Hilton to get my access badge. Most of the people on Sunday were vendors and most of them were of Asian descent.
I had plans to play some disc golf at some of the courses in the area, but weather kept me from going out. I played lots of black jack and was doing really well. I then decided to play some poker at the Venetian, and lost my buy in.
Sunday evening I had a ticket to the Phantom of the Opera at the Venetian. OMG, it was awesome. It just so happened that Bill Gates gave his last key notes speech during the opera.
The CES was HUGE! Lots of people and lots of vendors. Some with small booths and others that must have spent a fortune setting up their section. OLED tvs were really nice. Very bright and only a few millimeters thick. HD-DVD and Blueray were something else I was very interested in. There was a section for car audio/electronics, and lots of beautiful women/models there to take pictures with.
If you are not familiar with CES (actually this was my first show), it is free to just about anyone. Yes, you are supposed to be in the field but I believe anyone who registers could figure out how to get qualified for the badge.
I'll have to sign up for next year soon. The only thing I would do differently is probably, have someone else to share the drive and gas cost. I'm very glad I decided to drive, since this allowed me to visit more of Vegas than if I took a flight in.
(world's largest plasma tv, 150")
(Savage and myself :-) )
(Bumble Bee)
(R2D2 HD projector with Melinium Falcon controller)
